monotonous_iterancy
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Now that concealed carry permits are a reality in every state, the next logical step would be to push for constitutional carry. I'm in favor of this. However, I have one reservation...
What about the fact that people would no longer be required to take a class on justifiable use of force?
I have mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I, and many of us dislike the idea of mandatory training or classes. It can be used as a run-around towards gun ownership.
On the other hand, there might be plenty of people who don't understand what true self-defense is. The difference between defending their lives, as opposed to defending their feelings.
Call me a nanny-state paternalist, but what about questions such as when it is appropriate to draw a weapon?
To most of us, we spend time immersed in a culture that stresses the side of caution on these things. We consider them to be common sense.
But common sense isn't so common, is it? I'm sure we all have stories of seeing unsafe gun handling at ranges and the like.
Would you trust some of the people at public ranges to have a CCW, and only a vague notion of the legal aspects of it?
What about the fact that people would no longer be required to take a class on justifiable use of force?
I have mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I, and many of us dislike the idea of mandatory training or classes. It can be used as a run-around towards gun ownership.
On the other hand, there might be plenty of people who don't understand what true self-defense is. The difference between defending their lives, as opposed to defending their feelings.
Call me a nanny-state paternalist, but what about questions such as when it is appropriate to draw a weapon?
To most of us, we spend time immersed in a culture that stresses the side of caution on these things. We consider them to be common sense.
But common sense isn't so common, is it? I'm sure we all have stories of seeing unsafe gun handling at ranges and the like.
Would you trust some of the people at public ranges to have a CCW, and only a vague notion of the legal aspects of it?